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Fri, 05/31/2013
The S-T-M may be still figuring out how to fix the recent delays in the Metro,
But they have already found out one solution to keep passengers up to date to any future disruptions.
Montreal's public transit service have intensified it's social media presence.
Each Metro line now has its own Twitter handle that will notify commuters connected online.
[ The accounts are @stm_verte, @stm_orange, @stm_jaune, and @stm_bleue ]
The launch of the new accounts is part of a campaign to address the recent disruptions.
In addition to the installation of a new control room, the Metro has been plagued with computer problems, a passenger emergency and a breakdown of metro cars;
Metro opérations director Dominique Lemay spoke to the C-B-C.
He says these occurrences have been very bad news as he considers the Montreal metro as one of the most reliable underground transport systems in the world.
With the new Twitter accounts, Lemay hopes to put a new action plan to help deal prevent future interruptions.
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Fri, 05/31/2013
Dr Henry Morgentaler passed away Wednesday at the age of 90, due to a heart attack.
Morgentaler dedicated his life to family planning issues, namely providing safe and legal abortions in Canada.
He spearheaded the abortion movement, opening the country’s first abortion clinic in Montreal. His activism was not without immense controversy.
In 1974 he was acquitted on the charge of carrying out an illegal abortion. According to the CBC this was because a Montreal jury refused to endorse the law, deeming it ‘unfair”.The province later appealed the acquittal.
His death has sparked debates on the abortion divide in Canada.
A Student’s for Life tweeted that they found it strange to see so many “RIP #Morgentaler” tweets while former head of the National Action Committee on the Status of women, Judy Rebick has stated “I think every women in the country lost a major ally”.
STORY WRITTEN BY: HANNAH BESSEAU
Wed, 05/29/2013
Dr. Ellen Hodges serves as the Chief of Staff for the Yukon-Kuskokwim Health Corporation; a 50-bed hospital responsible for the health care needs of over 28,000 people in the western frontiers of Alaska—an area equivalent to the size of Oregon.
Delivering quality health care to the far-flung native tribes and villages is further complicated by the lack of roads and the dangers of bad weather.
Whiteout conditions and minus 40 degrees temperatures are not uncommon in the winter. Complex medical decisions must often be made over telephone and based on the geography of the land, such as deciding whether it is safe enough to send in air transport for a patient.
According to Dr. David Bielak, a family medicine practitioner from San Jose who visits for temporary stints at the hospital, these are “judgment calls that you never have to make in the lower 48.”
The slack in coverage is partially remedied by community health aides, who act as the closest thing to a doctor in some rural villages.
However, health aides face their own challenges, such as social stress. Mr. Randall Gamball, a village aide, expressed how tough it is working on someone you know, in a village where everyone knows everybody else.
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